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Kenneth MacNeill

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This is a short movie that has been made for primary school pupils to learn more about the highland clearances
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Tom Devine On The Highlands & Lowland Clearances

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Professor Tom Devine speaks to an audience on the subject of the Scottish Highland and Lowland Clearlances organised as part of the Crossroads Lifelong Learning Partnership. Filmed by Pocketwatch Productions
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Highland Clearances Sutherland Part 1

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History of the Highland Clearances, starts with the Jacobite rebellions. Ethnic cleansing on a massive scale in the Highlands of Scotland and particularly Sutherland.
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The Battle Of Otterburn

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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises The Battle Of Otterburn · Linda Adams · Ross Kennedy · Graham Pirt · Maddy Prior · Janet Russell · John Wright · Graham Pirt Fyre & Sword - Songs Of The Border Reivers ℗ 2006 Fellside Recordings Ltd Released
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Andrew Marr - Natural Born Sinners BBC Scotland

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Andrew Marr praises the Calvinist legacy of education.This programme was part of This Is Scotland - a BBC Four season which celebrated and examined aspects of Scottish culture, art, film-making, heritage, landscape and psyche.
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BBC The History Of Scotland 2 Original BBC Series

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Crime Scene Scotland 101

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BBC 'BBC Scotland 75 Years' Documentary 1998

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A comprehensive celebration and history of 75 years of broadcasting by BBC Scotland aired on the station in 1993. Not just television, either, as this programme also looks at the early years of BBC radio broadcasting in Scotland.
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Scotland's War At Sea Episode 1 The Dreadnoughts Of Scapa Flow BBC Documentary 2015

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As the Great War began, the Royal Navy rushed to Orkney's great natural harbour, Scapa Flow. David Hayman uncovers the compelling characters of the little-known naval war - the cautious Admiral Jellicoe and the playboy Admiral Beatty. The story of great t
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The Crash That Shook Scotland - 2013 Glasgow Helicopter Crash - BBC Documentary

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On Friday 29 November 2013, a police helicopter circling over Glasgow fell out of the sky and onto one of the city's oldest pubs, killing at least nine. As the emergency services continue to recover the dead from the scene and the injured receive hospital
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Fleet Leaving Wick HarbourFest 2009

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Wick Habour held its second HarbourFest weekend 26 - 28 June 2009. The boats seen in this film left port on Sunday 28th June 2009 symbolic of the old herring fleets that once left Wick for the fishing grounds. The wekend was a massively popular with many
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Wick Heritage Centre

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Wick Heritage Centre Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige, Scots: Week or Weik)[2] is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wic